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发表于 2016-7-24 09:51:55
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③多数情况下,由“what”引导的名词性从句作主语时,其后的谓语动词通常用单数形式。
What I want to say is just “Take care!”我只想说:“多保重!”
④当主语与all, none, any,some等不定代词、形容词连用时,应根据具体句意,来决定其后的谓语动词的单复数。
All I know about this company is what he told me yesterday.
我对这家公司的了解都是昨天他告诉我的。
⑤“…+ (of)+名词”结构描述数量时,如果“of”后的名词为单数(不可数名词),则谓语动词用单数,如果名词为复数,则谓语动词用复数。
Most of the water here is clean.大部分的水是干净的。
80% cotton has been sent to America.80%的棉花已经被送往美国。
Half of the apples are red.有一半儿的苹果是红的。
⑥词组“a number of, a great/good many, a group of+可数名词复数”的结构作主语时,谓语动词应用复数;如果冠词a变为the,则谓语动词用单数。
A number of ancient buildings are destroyed in the war.
许多的古代建筑在战争中被毁。
The number of the visitors has decreased this year.
游客的数量今年减少了。
⑦英语的集体名词(committee,crowd,family,public,group,party,team,class,club,company,
union等词),指代“整体”时为单数;指代“其中的各成员”则为复数。
My family was very poor when I was a little girl.
当我还是一个小女孩儿的时候,我家很穷。
My family are all looking forward to your coming.
我的家人都在期待着你的到来。
(3)整体原则
①从句、不定式、动名词等作主语时谓语动词一律视作一个整体,谓语动词用单数。
When to leave has not been decided.
什么时候离开还没有定下来。
Go shopping on Sunday is one of his habits.
周日购物是他的一个习惯。
注:如果主语是两个(或两个以上)的名词性从句,谓语动词常用复数。
What he said and what he did were always different.
他所说的和他所做的总是不一样。
②如果两个以上的名词组成一个整体概念作主语时,谓语动词须用单数。
The novelist and poet is going to Europe next year.
这位小说家兼诗人打算明年去欧洲。
The novelist and the poet are going to Europe next year.
小说家和诗人都打算明年去欧洲。
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